Io
Family: mythological · Role: daughter of Inachus · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 25
In Book 1, Chapter 25, Io is identified as the daughter of Inachus. She is linked with Zeus through his love and is described as “being changed into a cow”; Hera is associated with hatred toward her. Io is also compared with Callisto, who is said to have had a similar fate, and statues of her by Dinomenes (sculptor) are mentioned.
In Book 2, Chapter 16, Io is identified as the daughter of Iasus and is said to have gone to Egypt. The account is attributed to either Herodotus or the Greeks.
Relationship record
Book 1 · Chapter 25
- parent: Inachus (Inachus is Io's father.) “Io the daughter of Inachus”
- admirer: Zeus (The preceding passage states that Io and Callisto shared the love of Zeus.) “Io being changed into a cow, and Callisto into a she-bear”
- with Hera (Hera hated Io.) “both of whom had precisely similar fates, the love of Zeus and the hatred of Hera”
- with Callisto (They shared similar fates.) “both of whom had precisely similar fates, the love of Zeus and the hatred of Hera”
- with Dinomenes (sculptor) (Dinomenes made a statue of Io.) “statues by Dinomenes of Io the daughter of Inachus”
- enemies with Hera “the love of Zeus and the hatred of Hera, Io being changed into a cow”
Book 2 · Chapter 16
- parent: Iasus “Io the daughter of Iasus went to Egypt”
- with Herodotus (Herodotus is cited as a source for Io's story.) “Io the daughter of Iasus went to Egypt, either as Herodotus tells the story or as the Greeks tell the story”
Book 3 · Chapter 18
- with Hera (interaction) “And Hera is gazing at Io already changed into a heifer”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.